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Poll: If you published a book about Cinema ...

A poll by ElMaruecan82
... and could pick only ONE picture for the cover, which of these 35 iconic shots, would you choose as the most defining of all the values (magic, innovation, escapism, truth, universality, entertainment, technology ...) Cinema stands for ?

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Results of 13,305 votes:

  1. 1.

    Henry Thomas and Pat Welsh in E.T. (1982)

     
    Emotional elevation ...
  2. 2.

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

     
    Isn't Cinema all about light? (to begin with)
  3. 3.

    A Trip to the Moon (1902)

     
    Imagination ...
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